Dick Vitale forgets he's on live TV, asks for a 'TO, baby'

ESPN analyst Dick Vitale is helped with his microphone and earpiece after his appearance on ESPN College Gameday before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday.(Photo: Matt Cashore, USA TODAY Sports)

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Dick Vitale was live with Rece Davis on ESPN's bracket show on Sunday night and made a routine mistake in mixing up New Mexico and UNLV. When there's 68 teams and 34 games to break down, that happens. But Vitale compounds the error by assuming he was taping his segment, leading to a fun exchange in which he asks for, of course, a "TO baby."

Vitale is a rarity come tournament time. Despite being one of the best-known broadcasters in men's college basketball, he has never called NCAA tournament championship action.